Esteury Ruiz

Bats R Throws R6'0" 169 lbBorn 1999 Azua, D.R.Debut 2022Team MIAContract 1 y/$791,500 (26) 2026: $791,500

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 77.1FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal 0.06 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	104	92	22	4	0	3	8	23	9	0.244	0.319	0.386	0.705	0.142	0.312	22.2	7.6	95.2	0.26
2027	212	186	43	8	1	5	17	52	22	0.231	0.314	0.373	0.687	0.142	0.306	24.8	8.1	91.0	0.43

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 100 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Charlie Mullen	1915	74.2	89.9	161
2	Rip Russell	1941	82.2	84.6	325
3	Ron Jackson	1960	90.8	did not play
4	Norm Zauchin	1956	89.9	100.5	102
5	Jefry Marte	2017	95.8	77.0	209
6	Steve Pearce	2009	84.8	122.4	38
7	Tyler White	2017	95.4	144.7	237
8	Matt LeCroy	2002	80.8	117.3	374
9	Russ Morman	1988	73.6	56.6	67
10	Eduardo Perez	1996	70.8	102.9	330

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			212		43	8	1	5		22	17	52	0.231	0.314	0.373	0.687	91.0
2026*	MIA	83	179	33	37	10	1	6		29	19	54	0.250	0.367	0.453	0.820	135.3
2025	LAD	19	23	2	4	0	0	1	2	4	2	8	0.190	0.261	0.333	0.594	66.2
2024	OAK	29	65	10	11	2	1	2	8	5	4	20	0.200	0.270	0.382	0.652	85.2
2023	OAK	132	490	47	114	24	1	5	47	67	20	99	0.254	0.309	0.345	0.654	89.6
2022	MIL	17	36	3	6	1	1	0	2	1	1	7	0.171	0.194	0.257	0.452	24.8
Career		197	614	62	135	27	3	8	59	77	27	134	0.241	0.296	0.343	0.639	84.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	179	85.6	24.5	8.3	29.2	32.3	32.3	0.204	0.338	0.307	29.8
2025	23	81.5	9.0	7.7	23.1	48.9	36.2	0.162	0.330	0.249	27.7
2024	65	87.7	17.1	10.3	35.9	30.1	33.1	0.179	0.350	0.287	29.4
2023	497	82.7	9.9	2.5	20.0	25.3	34.5	0.234	0.324	0.275	29.6
2022	36	73.0	19.2	3.6	10.7	22.7	39.7	0.203	0.256	0.215	29.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%
2025	LAD	OF	17	60	12	0	1	0.923
2024	OAK	OF	28	141	35	0	1	0.972
2023	OAK	OF	136	1005	294	2	8	0.974
2022	MIL	OF	17	86	20	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Oklahoma City Comets	Bat	485	16 HR, 62 SB	0.303	0.925
2025	AAA	nan	Bat	494	16 HR, 63 SB	0.304	0.923
2024	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	52	3 HR, 7 SB	0.326	1.004
2023	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	21	1 HR, 3 SB	0.400	1.129
2022	AA	San Antonio Missions	Bat	232	9 HR, 37 SB	0.344	1.085
2022	AAA	El Paso Chihuahuas	Bat	142	4 HR, 23 SB	0.315	0.934
2022	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Bat	167	3 HR, 25 SB	0.329	0.861
2022	AAA	nan	Bat	309	7 HR, 48 SB	0.323	0.895
2021	AA	San Antonio Missions	Bat	353	10 HR, 36 SB	0.249	0.739
2019	A+	Lake Elsinore Storm	Bat	380	6 HR, 34 SB	0.239	0.657
2018	A	Fort Wayne TinCaps	Bat	493	12 HR, 49 SB	0.253	0.727
2017	Rk	AZL Royals	Bat	91	3 HR, 9 SB	0.419	1.219
2017	Rk	AZL Padres	Bat	134	1 HR, 17 SB	0.300	0.839
2017	Rk	nan	Bat	225	4 HR, 26 SB	0.350	0.997

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.398	0.340	0.379	0.356
2025	0.250	0.320	0.327	0.208
2024	0.378	0.152	0.359	0.190
2023	0.331	0.291	0.326	0.280
2022	0.211	0.179	0.113	0.223

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.